Famous Meatballs

A delicious combination of flavors & easy to prepare. Whenever I take it to potlucks or dinners, I get asked for the recipe.

Made this true to the recipe and served it over white rice. I used fresh squeezed lemon juice. Everyone loved it. I will make this again!

I’ve made this several times for banquets, I always bring home an empty bowl. I do add a few jalapenos sliced into thin rings, gives it a nice kick.

This recipe was in a cookbook I received as a wedding gift almost 50 years ago. I still make my own meatballs but the sauce is the same. We like it made with both red and green peppers and the onions and pineapple chunks, not crushed. It is easily doubled and served with rice. Even the leftovers are great.

Delicious!

I made it, but I bought crushed pineapple instead of chunk, by accident. I think it was actually better that way. I served it at a potluck picnic. Some people didn’t anticipate it being that sweet.

My company and I loved this dish! I did make some adaptations to it due to the need for less sugar. Here is what I changed: Fresh pineapple instead of canned 8.45 oz. of Trader Joe’s Pineapple Juice not from concentrate ( I will use only 3/4 of the can next time) 1/4 cup of pure maple syrup instead of the brown sugar Added a can of water chestnuts for a crunchy element Added 2 organic carrots cut diagonally for color and additional nutrition Used Adeil’s Chicken, Pineapple, teriyaki meatballs from Costco Low sodium soy sauce Some dry mustard because it was too sweet without it Substituted tapioca for thickener since I didn’t have corn starch I served this over Gluten Free Rice Angel Hair pasta drizzled with 2 Tablespoons of Lemon juice and a little avocado oil to keep it from sticking One of my guests thanked me for changing the sauce from a red sauce to this delicious sauce. “ A refreshing change from traditional spaghetti sauce.”

Yum. Yum yum. Yum yum yum. Yum.

Made this for my Hubby’s Birthday (he requested meatballs) and he loved it. (so did I) the only thing I did was adding sliced onions to it. Only next time I will 1/2 the recipe as it is just the two of.

I added a can of tropical fruit and a jar of cherries, drained, and it came out awesome! Everyone loved it at the party I went to.

This was VERY good. We used red/yellow and orange peppers. DEEELISH

Used Simek’s meatballs which aren’t my favorite. May try Amy’s chicken meatballs next time or make some homemade meatballs. I wasn’t overly impressed but some of the partygoers were. Was a nice mild appetizer with some of the other spicier fare that was served.

Made exactly per recipe the first time and the flavor is wonderful I make it all the time but make a little extra sauce.. PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED…!!

Very easy and rave reviews from the family. I picked this recipe to try because the sauce is close to my Betty Crocker cookbook recipe in ingredients. I used a 20 oz. can of tidbits in juice and the juice of a fresh lemon as the only changes in the sauce. I bought 2 bags of homestyle frozen meatballs and used my crock-pot setting between Low & High as there was no medium setting. Everyone loved them and I will use this recipe again.

Tasty with an oriental flare. Served with fried rice, went very well together.

This is a great recipe! I made this at the last minute with items from my pantry. I needed something to serve with a lot of leftover fried rice. This fit the bill nicely and was so easy to make! I used two 20 oz. cans of crushed pineapple (one in juice, the other in heavy syrup), used green, red, yellow and orange peppers, added some ginger purée and and increased the other measurements from 2 Tbsp. to 3 Tbsp. I did use Italian-style meatballs, since that is all I had and I did add more brown sugar. A longer cooking time overrode the “Italian” taste of the meatballs. Otherwise, I left the recipe “as is”. This turned out perfectly!

I was rightfully skeptical from the start about this recipe when it called for 3lbs of frozen meatballs, but I love cooked pineapple so hoped for the best. There was not enough flavor to balance the frozen meatball flavor. I ate the pineapples and let my kids and husband eat the meatballs. When I try meatballs again, I will create my own recipe and incorporate a pineapple & sweet pepper mixture into the ball itself.

It was good but next time I will double the sauce. The extra sauce would come I handy over rice.

We LOVE this recipe! I will often put in about 2-4 tbs of crushed red pepper and about 1/2 – 1 cup of orange juice along with 2-4 tbs of minced garlic

This was incredibly easy to make. I overlooked the fact that the meatballs needed to be thawed first. I threw the frozen meatballs in with the sauce and set the heat to High instead of low. They still managed to cook in 2 hours, but just barely. Next time I’ll thaw them first. Everyone loved them and said they were way better than the typical grape jelly/barbecue meatballs we’ve done in the past.

I thought they were great. Really easy and enjoyed the flavor. I used IKEA’s swedish meatballs (frozen).